Ernst oldenbuscit



(ModeL) B. OLDENBUSOH. HINGED COVER FOR PURSES.

Patented Apr. 29, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST OLDENBUSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WVILLIAM SCHIMPER I &00., OF SAME PLACE.

HINGED COVER FOR PURSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,951, dated April29, 1890.

7 Application filed December 31, 1889. Serial No. 335,478. (ModeL) Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST OLDENBUSCH, of the city and county of NewYork,in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Hinged Covers for Purses, &c., of which the following isa specification.

My improvement relates to the covers employed upon purses, pouches,bags, boxes, and

similar articles.

I will describe my improvement in detail, and then point outthe novelfeatures in claims;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, looking from the underside, of a cover and a frame to which the same is hinged. Fig. 2 is asection of the same, taken on the line :0 cc, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection taken on the line 11 y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view, on an enlargedscale, partly in section and partly broken away, showinga bearing forthe cover -upon the frame and one of the eyes for a hinge-pin. Fig. 5 isan edge View showing a modification.

Similar letters of reference designate corre- 2 5 sponding parts in allthe figures.

A designates the cover, and B the frame.

In the example of my improvement shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the coverhas an outer plate a and an inner plate a, the two being securedtogether at their edges. The inner plate a is somewhat concave, so thatits face is not flush with the edge of the cover, as shown more clearlyin Fig. 3. This is for the purpose of affording room for rivet-heads 3 5when the cover is closed, which rivets may be passed through rivet-holesa in the frame in order to secure the latter to a purse or otherarticle.

The cover is hinged to the frame B at its rearside, it being providedwith a hinge member a The frame B is stamped up out of sheet metal andcomprises an outer rim or flange b, forming the outer side of the frame,a rib b, extending about the frame upon its upper edge, a recessedportion 12 inward of the rib b, and a flange b forming the inner edge ofthe frame.

In the rear side of the frame, and as here shown, within the rib b ofthe frame are recessed eyes I), which eyes constitute other of themembers of the hinge by which the cover is secured to the frame. A pin bconstituting the third member of the hinge, is passed through the membera and rests within the eyes I), as shown more clearly in Fig. 1. Theends of the eyes 6 which are closed, form abutments which preventlongitudinal movement or displacement of the pinb.

A portion of the rib b at the rear side is cut away in order to admit ofthe introduction of the hinge member a and the lip or tongue of metalformed by this cutting away the rib may be bent over the member a asshown more clearly at b Fig. 1. 5

When the cover is closed, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, it restswithin the recessed portion 19 of the frame and inward of the rib b. Therib b operates, therefore, as a guard about the edge of the cover, whichwill prevent the latter from being accidentally bent up at its edges,thus permitting coins or other articles which may be contained in thepurses or other articles from being lost out from between the cover andthe frame.

Upon the under side of the cover, at the front edge thereof, is a hookc.

Arranged within a casing C, secured upon the frame B, is a spring 0',which spring is provided with an opening 0 There is also an opening 0 inthe frame and an opening 0 in the casing C. These three openings areabout opposite each other.

WVhen the cover is closed down, the hook 0 passes through the opening 0and, by pressing the spring 0'. inwardly, also through the opening 0'.\Vhen the metal of the spring surrounding the opening 0 reaches thenotch in the hook c, it will spring in said notch, and thus secure thecover.

A push-piece D, formed on the spring and extending through a suitableopening in the frame, may be pushed inwardly to release the hook andcover, which latter will be thrown open by its own resilience and thatof the rim. This operation is accomplished as follows: \Vhen the coveris being closed and has reached a position-say that which is shown inFig. 2'-the rear portion of the edge of the cover which is adjacent tothe hinge comes in too contact with the metal of the frame which isinward of the rib b. As the cover is now pressed down to close it, it isso pressed against the resistance offered by the contact of the metal ofthe cover and the frame. This is a yielding resistance, and as the coverand frame are stamped up out of thin metal they are naturally resilient.This resilience operates when the cover is released from the springcatch to throw the cover quickly open. The bearing which the rear edgeof the cover has upon the frame when the cover is being closed is shownmore clearly in Fig. 4.

The example of my improvement shown in Fig. 5 is similar to that shownin the other figures, except that the hinge-co niection is diiferentlyformed and the cover in being closed comes to a bearing upon the outeredge of the frame, the latter not being provided with the rib Z).

It will be seen that by my improvement means is provided whereby the useof separate springs to cause the opening of the cover is avoidcd,andalso whereby the loss of coins orother articles from between the coverand frame is prevented, and the cover may be brought when closed to abearing about its edge upon the frame and still leave space inward ofthe edge of the cover for rivet-heads.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination, with a cover of resilient metal, of a frame, also ofresilient metal, to which said cover is hinged near one edge and aspring-catch for securing said cover to the frame near the oppositeedge, the said cover at the part thereof near where it is hinged to theframe being adapted when being closed to contact with the adjacentsurface of the frame and to be closed against the resistance offered bysuch contact, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a metallic cover, of a metallic frame to whichsaid cover is hinged, said frame being provided with a rib surroundingit at its outer edge and a recess inward of said rib, the cover beingadapted when closed to fit within said recess inward of said rib,substantially as specified.

The combination, with a cover having a concaved or recessed under side,of a frame to which said cover is hinged upon one edge, said cover beingadapted when closed to bear at its edges against a portion of the frame,so as to leave a space betweensaid portion of the frame and the concavedor recessed under side of the cover, substantially as and for thepurpose specified. l

ERNST ()LDENBUSCI'I.

\Vitnesses:

FRE'DK. HAYNES, I). II. HAYWOOD.

